Improvement in buckles



G. A. WBLDBN & W. K. ROYCE.

Buckle.

Patented May 27,1879.

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GEORGE A. WELDEN AND WILLIAM K. ROYCE, OF AUSTIN, MISSOURI.

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Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 216,005, dated May 27, 1879; application tiled March 5 To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE A. WELDEN and WILLIAM K` ROYCE, of Austin, in the county of Cass and State of Missouri, have invented a new and Improved Buckle for Harness-Traces, of which the following is a speciication.

The object of this invention is to provide a strong, durable, and easily-adj usted buckle for connecting harness traces with the shoulder-straps; and it consists of a frame having at one end a socket-piece for the reception of the free end of the trace, and at the opposite end ears to which is pivoted a hasp, from the under side whereof a tongue projects at right angles to engage the eyelets. On the end of the hasp is a tongue to pass under the top plate of the socket and hold the hasp down, and to the top of the hasp is pivoted a hook the socket, and thus hold the parts together. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view or plan of the buckle attached to the strap and connecting the trace, and Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section ofthe saine.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspending parts.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the frame of the buckle, having at one end a bar, u., around which the shoulder-strap B is passed and fastened. At the opposite end, on its upper side, is formed a rectangular socket, b. Near the rear end, on the upper side, ears c o are turned up from the edges, in which are'pivoted` the ends of the wire bail d, passed through the' sleeve e of the hasp O, and bent into a loop, f, at the ends, so as to allow the hasp to be swung backward of the pivot.

The hasp has a tongue, g, projecting from the under side of the free end thereof, and on its upper side is pivoted a hook, h, reaching beyond its end, so that when the lhasp is in contact with the top plate of the socket b it will lie over the same and engage the lug` i, thus holding the parts together. From the under side ofthe hasp projects at right angles a tongue, j, to engageY the holes of the trace.

The holes k in the trace are provided with metal eyelets Z, riveted on both sides. This gives greater strength and durability to the trace, as the holes wear rapidlyT under the working ot' the tongue andthe strain to which they are ordinarily subjected.

The operation of this device is as follows: When the Vtrace is to be connected with the shoulder-straps, the end is passed through the socket b, and the hasp having been lifted up, it is pushed back under the sleeve c and wire hinge d until the proper eyelet )is under the hasp C; then the hasp is turned down, so that the tongue will enter the proper eyelet. When the hasp is Hat down upon the trace it is pushed forward, the tongue carrying the trace with it until the tongue g passes under the top plate of the socket b, and theend of the hasp is in contact with the edge of said plate, when the hook is thrown around to engage the lug i, thus connecting the parts securely together.

By the peculiar manner of connecting the hasp with its hinge-that is, bending the latter so that its point of connection with the hasp is out of line with its pivoted ends-a swinging motion is allowed the hasp, thus giving it liberty to move back from the socket b, so that its tongue g can escape from under the plate and move forward to engage the same.

To unfasten the trace, either to take it out or shorten it, the hook is first disengaged, then the trace is pushed in a short distance to carry thetongue g from under the plate, when the hasp can be thrown up, releasing the trace, when it can be drawn out or pushed in farther, as may be desired.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentl. As an improvement in buckles for harness traces, the frame A, adapted to be connected with the strap B, and provided with the socket b to.. receive the trace, and ears c, to

which the hasp is pivoted, in combination with the hasp O, having tongue j, to enter the eyelets in the trace, a tongue, g, to pass under the top plate of socket b, to hold the hasp down, and the hook h, adapted t0 lie over the top plate and engage the lug i, to secure the parts together, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the frame A, with socket b and ears c c, the hasp C, pivoted to socket b, and the tongue j, to engage the holes in the trace, all ar anged and operating in the manner substantially as described.

GEORGE ANDERSON WEJDEN.

, T ems c c, and adapted to swing back and forth W ILLIAM KINGSBURY ROYQE' l; on its pivots, and having' a tongue, g, to en- XVitnesses: gage the top plate of the socket b, the hook ROBT. V. AUSTIN,

h1, adapted to engage the lug i in top plate of HERBERT B. DODGE. 

